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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 12/5/14)
NBC: How Murray Saved Christmas at 8pm
CBS: A Very Grammy Christmas at 9pm
SUNDANCE TV: One Child (Premiere) at 9pm
CW: America’s Next Top Model (Finale) at 9pm
HBO: Foo Fighters (Finale) at 11pm
ID: Deadly Women (Finale) at 8pm
SYFY: Haven (Finale) at 7pm
SYFY: Z Nation (Premiere) at 10pm
TNT: On The Menu (Finale) at 8pm
(SATURDAY 12/6/14)
ID: I’d Kill For You (Premiere) at 10pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: James Franco, Musical Guest: Nicki Minaj at 11:30pm
(SUNDAY 12/7/14)
BRAVO: The Millionaire Matchmaker (Premiere) at 9:30pm
LIFESTYLE NETWORK: The On Your Marc Show (Premiere) at 9:30pm
TNT: The Librarians (Premiere) at 8pm
WEATHER: Prospectors (Premiere) at 9pm
WEATHER: Highway Thru Hell (Premiere) at 10pm
A&E: Dogs of War (Finale) at 11pm
TELEMUNDO: Yo Soy El Artista (Finale) at 7pm
UNIVISION: Va Por Ti (Finale) at 8pm
Fox 21 and Fox TV Studios have merged. The combined cable entity will be called Fox 21 Television Studios and be led by Bert Salke, who’ll be president of the new division. In a letter sent to industry colleagues from Fox TV Group chairmen and CEOs Dana Walden and Gary Newman, the pair noted that the new company “unites the talented executives of Fox 21 and Fox Television Studios, who will now work together to develop outstanding content for distribution across all platforms. We chose the name Fox 21 Television Studios to honor the rich legacies of great programming created by each unit, from Fox 21’s Homeland, Sons of Anarchy, and Tyrant, to FTVS’ Burn Notice, The Americans and The Killing.”
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Nominations for the 2015 WGA Awards were announced on December 4. HBO‘s True Detective and Silicon Valley and Amazon newbie Transparent garnered multiple nominations. Returning series up for the drama award include Game of Thrones, House of Cards, Mad Men and The Good Wife. Comedies up for awards include Orange Is the New Black, Louie and Veep. Winners will be announced during simultaneous ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles on Saturday, February 14, 2015.
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In the wake of sexual assault accusations levied against him, the U.S. Navy is revoking Bill Cosby’s honorary title of Chief Petty Officer, given to him in 2011. “The Navy is taking this action because allegations against Mr. Cosby are very serious and are in conflict with the Navy’s core values of honor, courage and commitment,” the Navy statement said. Cosby enlisted in the Navy in 1956 and was honorably discharged in 1960 as a petty officer third class.
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It’s a reunion four years in the making. Bravo brings back together two of the original Real Housewives of Atlanta, Nene Leakes and Kim Zolciak Biermann, when they join host Andy Cohen on a special episode of WATCH What Happens Live, airing Sunday, December 7 at 9p. Immediately following at 9:30p is the season premiere of The Millionaire Matchmaker, where Patti’s clients are Larry Birkhead, the father of Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter Dannielynn, and Melyssa Ford of Blood, Sweat & Heels.
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E! has set a premiere date for The Royals: Sunday, March 15 at 10p. The 60-minute drama depicts a fictional monarchy in modern times. Leading the cast are Elizabeth Hurley and Vincent Regan as Queen Helena and King Simon, along with William Moseley as Prince Liam and Alexandra Park as Princess Eleanor. Joan Collins will also star as Hurley’s mother, the Grand Duchess of Oxford.
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TV Land is giving viewers a look at Younger, its newest original series from Sex and the City creator Darren Star, with a newly released extended scene: http://youtu.be/m-sRRDudUR4. Now shooting in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the series, which stars Sutton Foster, Hilary Duff, Debi Mazar, Miriam Shor and Nico Tortorella, premieres Tuesday, March 31 at 10p. “Younger has an irresistible take on secrets, sex and second chances,” said Larry W. Jones, President of TV Land. “The series will now serve as the launching pad for the network’s new edgier comedies including Impastor, Teachers and The Jim Gaffigan Show, which will premiere later in the spring and summer.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC has released the names and occupations of the record 30 bachelorettes who’ll be competing to capture the heart of Iowa farmer Chris Soules, when ABC’s The Bachelor returns for its 19th season. Among them there will be a plus-size model, a WWE diva-in-training, a cadaver tissue saleswoman and a former NFL cheerleader. The series premieres on Monday, January 5 at 8p with a live event – for the first time.
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Also looking for love will be five plus-sized ladies on Lifetime‘s new series Big Women: Big Love, premiering Thursday, January 1 at 10p. The docusoap examines the lives of extra curvy women as they navigate the dating scene.
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Hollywood choreographer Cris Judd has been tapped to serve as the official Dance Scout for NBC‘s new season of America’s Got Talent. Said Judd, “My goal is to offer hesitant contestants confidence and alleviate their fearsof auditioning.” Registration for open call cities is currently underway, with online auditions continuing through March 2015.
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CBS‘ four-hour limited event series The Dovekeepers, executive produced by Roma Downey and Mark Burnett, is slated for broadcast Tuesday, March 31 and Wednesday, April 1 at 9p. Based on Alice Hoffman’s novel about a group of women whose lives intersect in a fight for survival at the siege of Masada in 70 c.e., the project stars Cote de Pablo, Rachel Brosnahan and Kathryn Prescott.
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Two years after a gunman opened fire on students and staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, a group of educators who were there that day will talk with CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood’s Jane Pauley about their lives since and their mission to change gun control laws.
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Oxygen Media will premiere Living Different on Tuesday, January 6 at 9p. Each hour-long episode of the four-part event features stories of women as they follow their passion, from an all-girl Hasidic rock band to an androgynous model who dates both males and females.
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Ten home cooks from across the country are paired with some of Food Network‘s biggest names, including Bobby Flay (Beat Bobby Flay), Alex Guarnaschelli (Chopped), Curtis Stone (Kitchen Inferno) and Michael Symon (Iron Chef America), in the new culinary competition All-Star Academy. Over the course of eight episodes, cooks are eliminated by special guest judges, who determine which dishes are not up to par. One cook will be left standing, winning bragging rights and $50,000.
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Back-to-back new episodes of Say Yes to the Dress air Friday, December 5 beginning at 9p on TLC. Former Miss USA Erin Brady is just one of the brides who are searching for the gown of her dreams.
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TLC brings back Sister Wives for eight new episodes, kicking off with a super-sized two-hour winter season premiere on Sunday, January 4 at 9p. The show follows the Brown family through the trials and tribulations that come with the plural marriage lifestyle.
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The second season of WE tv‘s Marriage Boot Camp Reality Stars premieres Friday, January 9 at 9p. This time around, the couples working out their issues during intense therapy with husband and wife boot camp directors Jim and Elizabeth Carroll are Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt (The Hills), Aviva and Reid Drescher (The Real Housewives of New York), Natalie Nunn and Jacob Payne (Bad Girls Club, Bridezillas), Tyson Apostol and Rachel Foulger (Survivor: Blood vs. Water), and Syleena Johnson and Kiwane Garris (R&B Divas).
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TNT has renewed FBI drama Legends for a second season. The show, which follows a deep-cover operative who has the ability to transform himself into a different person for each job, was one of the network’s solid summer debuts.
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Cliff Curtis (Gang Related) has snagged the starring role in the new pilot from Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson. The untitled companion series to The Walking Dead explores the onset of the same zombie apocalypse as the hit AMC show, but takes place at a different location. Curtis will play Sean Cabrera, a teacher who shares a son with his ex-wife Andrea.
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Dexter alum CS Lee is the latest addition to the season two cast of HBO‘s True Detective. He’ll recur as Richard Geldof, a state attorney general with political ambitions.
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Krysten Ritter (Don’t Trust the B in Apartment 23) has been tapped to star in Marvel’s Netflix series Jessica Jones, according to The Hollywood Reporter. She’ll play the title character, a superhero suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder that leads her to hang up her costume and open her own detective agency.
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The SAG Awards Holiday Auction, benefiting the Screen Actors Guild Foundation’s Children’s Literacy and Assistance programs has begun online at sagawards.org/auction. The auction features a VIP package to attend the SAG Awards ceremony and gala on Saturday, January 25, as well as autographed film and television collectibles from Carol Burnett, Rita Moreno, Amy Poehler, Carl Reiner, Emma Thompson and the casts of Game of Thrones, How to Get Away with Murder, Sons of Anarchy, True Blood, The Walking Dead and more. Bidding ends on Sunday, December 14 at 9p.
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For the Chrisley family, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. Tuesday night’s new episode of the USA Network’s reality series, Chrisley Knows Best, scored its highest ratings to-date in all key demos and total viewers. When combined with the 11p encore, the series delivered 1.3MM P18-49, 1.4MM P25-54 and 2.4MM total viewers P2+.
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The third season of WE tv’s Kendra on Top closed on an all-time series high, doubling the show’s performance from season two across all key demos. The finale episode delivered 1.6 million total viewers and more than one million Adults 25-54. The full season averaged 1.3 million viewers and 800,000 Adults 25-54.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MOVIES
Wild (Limited Release) – Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Thomas Sadoski, Michiel Huisman, Gaby Hoffmann, Kevin Rankin, W. Earl Brown, Nick Eversman
Comet (Limited Release) – Justin Long, Emmy Rossum, Eric Winter, Kayla Servi, Ben Pace, Lou Beatty Jr., Derrick Dean, Nicole Lucas
Life Partners (Limited Release) – Leighton Meester, Gillian Jacobs, Adam Brody, Abby Elliott, Julie White, Gabourey Sidibe, Kate McKinnon, Beth Dover
The One I Wrote For You (Limited Release) – Cheyenne Jackson, Kevin Pollak, Chistine Woods, Avi Lake, Christopher Lloyd, Rafael De La Fuente, Cameron Kauffman, Enid Graham
The Pyramid (Limited Release) – Ashley Henshaw, Denis O’Hare, James Buckley, Christa-Marie Nicola, Amir K
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